Chinese and German engineering experts convened Monday in Beijing to discuss future cooperation in engineering education and mutual accreditation.

The Symposium on Perspectives of Sino-German Cooperation in Realm of Engineering Education and Accreditation, co-sponsored by the Chinese Association for Science and Technology (CAST) and the Association of German Engineers, is expected to shape the future accreditation of engineers between China and Germany.

On July 4, Chinese Vice-President Zeng Qinghong joined the residents and children of the capital in activities marking the National Science Popularization Day. He expressed his cordial greetings to the nation’s scientific and technological workers and volunteers devoted to the cause of science popularization. He stressed that science popularization is a basic work concerning the development and prosperity of the nation, which needs the continuous endeavor of the whole society. It is necessary to sum up experience, intensify the science popularization work in the rural areas, enterprises, schools, communities and households and push it onto a new stage, remarked Zeng.